Just for the heck of it. Before stuff even goes down. Because -- well, we help people out around here. Even if they secretly think we're all a bunch o' backwards hicks.
Red Cross volunteers and others are headed to the East Coast to help out in case Hurricane Irene slams the coast good.
We've always been a helping people. Officially, we're second in the nation among percentage of residents who volunteer (nearly 38 percent of us do), contributing almost 40 hours per resident per year (ranking us 13th).
So next time I hear one o' ya New Yorkers bitchin' about how flat and corny we are... well, I'd better not hear that.
h/t Des Moines Register
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